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Patented Sept. 7, 1943 t 7 t Quincy.

. stapling Machines: 00., a co ',:.ware 1 'I'hi's: invention relates to boxes and particu larly to wirebound fiberboard boxes. 1 f 7 Among'other objects, -the inventionis intended to provide a strong and dependable wirebound fiberboard box; to provide a wirebound fiberboard box that is light in weight and economical to manufacture; to provide a -wirebound fiberboard box that is flexible and elastic; to provide asectional wirebound fiberboard box that' h' as tight corners; to provide a wireboun'd fiberboard box soconstructed andrarrang'edas 'toincre'ase the resistance of the fiberboard-to stresses and strains at the points where it is subjected to the,

overlapping the edges of adjacentsections of fiberboard. 'Such an overlapping provides a double .thicknessxof fiberboard along. box corners, preserves the sectional characteristics of the box which permits one section to shift relative to an adjacent section, and at the same time pro vides'a tightlcorner.

.One illustrativefembodiment of the invention is shown in the'accompanying drawing in which:

greatest stresses and strains; and generally to I provide a balanced wireboundifiberboardi box strongpenoiigh at all pointst'o carry its load and not excessively strong at any point. j

Aszconducive to a bettersunderstanding' of this invention, it should be notedthat in prior. wirebound'fiberboard box constructions .s'uch asthat shown inzUnited States Patent Number 1,334,271, dated March 16,1920, encircling binders and a sheet of fiberboard side material bent integrally over the box corners were stapled to endcleat frames. In such construction, the fiberboard extending integrally over the box corners resisted initial relative longitudinal shifting of adjacent box sides under stresses and strains, but continued or increased stresses and strains caused the fiberboard at box corners to shear or tear along the corner lines. Also, the single thickness of fiberboard at the box corners frequently failed to resist biting in of the tensioned wire bindingsand destructive blows to which a box corner is subjected in rough handling. The present invention is intended to remove the foregoing deficiencies in the box of said patent by providing a sectional wirebound fiberboard box reenforced at box corners and adapted t flex under stresses and strains without shearing or tearing the fiberboard.

I am aware of another sectional wirebound fiberboard box in which the corner edges of the sections are reenforced by turning the fiberboard edges under to provide a double, thickness of fiberboard along the corner edges of the box. This construction is an improvement over the box shown in said Patent Number 1,334,271 in that it provides the necessary reenforcement at the corner edges of the box and permits one section of the box to shift relative to an adjacent section to avoid shearing or tearingof the fiber board at box corners, but leaves an opening along the corner edges of the box. The present invention is intended to remove this deficiency by .;Figu're. .1 is a perspective view of a box embodyiri-g-the invention, with the lid or cover sectionpartly raised; 3

Fig. 2 is anenlarged end view'of the box, with the lid or cover section in closed position. Fig. 3 is a'partial view; onan enlarged scale, ofxthe upper rearicorner of the box, showing a double-overlappingof the "fiberboard atth boxcorner. 1 A. Fig.1,4 isra perspective view of a boxblank, showing the manner inwhich thebox is shipped in the fiat to the box user.

: gfl'heillustrative-fiberboard box shown in Fig. '1

comprises four separate side sections and two end sections. Each side section comprises a sheet of fiberboard I, preferably corrugated fiberboard,

and end cleats-2. Each sheet of fiberboard l extends beyond each cleat end asufficient distance J to overlap the adjacent sheet of fiberboard at box corners, as best shown in Fig. 3. The end cleats 2 of the several sections form, a cleat frame at each end of the box. The four side sections are connected together in foldable relationship by flexible binders 3, preferably wires. The outside binders 3, which overlie the cleats 2, are secured to the fiberboard sheets I and cleats 2 by staples 4 which straddle the binder, pass through the fiberboard sheet, and anchor in the cleat. The intermediate binders 3 are secured to the fiberboard sheets by staples 4 which pass through the side sheet and are clinched in the under surface "of the side sheet.

The ends of the binders 3 preferably terminate in loops 5, which may be hooked together at the closing corner edge of the box to close the box,

as shown in Fig. 2.

The end sections are similar to those shown and described in United States Patent Number 2,190,199 of February 13, 1940, and are attached to the box in the manner described in said patent and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The box may be made on a well-known stapling machine, whichstaples the binders 3 to the side sheets I and cleats 2 to produce a flat box blank of the character shown in Fig. 4. The end sections are prepared on a similar stapling machine attachment to each other, they can shift relative to each other under stresses and strains without tearing of the side sheets.

The term fiberboard will be understood asl including other material 0'! a simrlahchairactrsuitable for box siding, whichtends to crumple or" crush rather than break under distorting pres,- sures.

It will be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodimentsh'own hereinior illustration.

,l'claim: l 2 1. A wirebound fiberboard box comprising imit separate "sections a: fiberboard side material and end cleats connected together by wirostensioird over box corners and stapled toithasidemateriml and the cleats, the edges of adicioentsections f fiberboard side material extending over boxc'ornets "in overlapping relationship to provide a double thickness 'of side material lengthwmlb'ox corners to strengthen the corners :md reswtth pressure of the tensioned wires, zmrth'e overl nping ortions of the fiberboard side material bein free of attachment to each a 2; A wmebo'urrd fiberboard box comprising i'eur separate sections or iiber'boardside material and end cl'e'ats connected together by wires tensioned overbox corners and stapled to the side material the cleats, the edges of armament setiofiis of fiberboard side material extending over ow ners in overlapping relatibnship' to pm a double thickness or side material leamiwisebox corners to strengthen the corners and resist the pressure of the tensioned wires, and adjacent sections of the box being connected together only by the connecting wires.

3. A wirebound fiberboard box comprising a plurality of separate sections'of fiberboard side materialand end cleats connected together by flexible binders, the edges of adjacent sections of fiberboard side material extending over box coritem in overlapping relationship, and the overlapping portions of fiberboard side material being free of attachment to each other.

4. A wirebound fiberboard box comprising a hez'dbiebinderstlie edges of adjacent sections of fiberboard side material extending over box corners: overlapping relationship and being connectedttogether only by the flexible binders.

5; wlrebound fiberboard box blank comprising a plurality of separate sections oi fiberboard side material and cleats eonnected tegetherin ioldable relationship by flexible binders secured to the side material, the edges of adjacent sections of side material being in-overlappingre'lationship to provide tight corners and a double thickness of side material lengthwise the box comers when the'box :blarrk is folded into box term and the overlapplngedges of side material being free; of attachment toea'ch other. V,

'6. A wirebound fiberboard box blank comprising apluralityvof separate sections of fiberboard side material and cleatsconnected together foldable relationship by flexible binders secured. to

- the side material and the cleats, the: edges 'of adjacent section's'of side material, being in overlapping relationship to provide a tight'oomer and a double thickness of side material along the box corners when box blank is: folded into best form, and thesseveral sections of the blank being connected togetheronly by the flexible binders.

QUINCY WARD onsai. 

